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Lampornis calolaemus
It is 10.5 cm long. The male weighs 6.0 g and the female 4.8 g. The shortish black bill is slightly curved. The adult male has bronze-green upperparts and underparts except for a brilliant green crown, purple throat and dark grey tail. The female lacks the bright crown and throat, and has rich cinnamon underparts. Young birds resemble the female but have buff fringes to the upperparts plumage. The call of this species is a sharp buzzy zeet. Females have slightly longer bills than males.
Thank YOU for sharing the pictures and moments =). Hey, I would love to read about the things you are seeing in the comments (on your way back maybe) =)
Wonderful bird and picture ! You could take it right when it was placing its beak in the container, neat!
Ali, I looked for Mellisuga helenae in Wikipedia and it said that that was a species endemic to Cuba...